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Terrafugia claims its Flying car "TF-X" will be ready to take to the skies by 2018

2/22/2016

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The US Company ‘Terrafugia’ claims that its TF-X will be ready to fly in years to come. According to Massachusetts-based
Terrafugia, this prototype is expected to get ready by 2018, and then it will be
presented for public for sale. Today traffic is the major issue, but commuters
would be at ease in near future when these flying cars will be made public.

The company’s designed prototype has fold-out
wings with thin electric motors attached to each end, and will be operated by a
300 horsepower engine. This vehicle will move with a speed of 322 kilometers
per hour with a flight range of about 805 kilometers. This TF-X will be
semi-autonomous, so that the passengers siting in it simply enter where they
want to go. It has space for four passengers. The possessor will need a driver
and a special driving license.

The company says that the TF-X operator will have
final say over whether the consented landing zone is a safe place to land, and
they may terminate the landing attempt at any time. The prototype was revealed
at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Last year the company unveiled a flying car-
Transition, accommodating 2 passengers, costs about $261,000.

The team members behind the creation are Carl
Dietrich, Samuel Schweighart, Anna Mracek Dietrich, Alex Min and some other
colleagues from the University, and they say that the Transition is our vision
for the future of personal transportation. They said “We have been dreaming about
flying cars from the beginning of 20th century. The Transition
street-legal airplane is the first step on the road to the practical flying car.”